Gadzhi Gadzhiyev was fired this week after winning only one of his last five games despite the £20m arrival of Samuel Eto'o from Inter Milan.

Carlos, who joined the club in February as a player, said Anzhi had discussed the possibility of buying Steven Gerrard and Frank Lampard.

"I'll have a meeting with the boss (Russian billionaire Suleyman Kerimov) and we'll discuss plans," the 38-year-old World Cup winner said. "We've already talked about trying to sign players like Steven Gerrard, Frank Lampard or Robert Pires."

Israeli Avram Grant, a close friend of Kerimov, has been tipped to succeed Gadzhiyev as permanent manager after attending several Anzhi matches in recent weeks.